Qatari LNG tanker Al ​Kharaitiyat was sailing towards the Strait of ‌Hormuz on Saturday after departing Qatar's Ras Laffan en route to Port Qasim in Pakistan, according to LSEG ​shipping data.

Two vessels carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Ras Laffan, Qatar, turned back after heading east toward the Strait of Hormuz, according to ship-tracking data.

The Russian liquefied natural gas tanker Arctic Metagaz, damaged earlier this month and currently adrift without crew, has entered Libyan search and rescue waters, Italy’s civil protection agency reported.

The UK government has today announced the largest package of new sanctions against Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers.